Context for interpreting equilibrium climate sensitivity and transient climate response from the CMIP6 Earth system models

GA Meehl, CA Senior, V Eyring, G Flato… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
For the current generation of earth system models participating in the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6), the range of equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS …

The DOE E3SM model version 2: Overview of the physical model and initial model evaluation

JC Golaz, LP Van Roekel, X Zheng… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This work documents version two of the Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth
System Model (E3SM). E3SMv2 is a significant evolution from its predecessor E3SMv1 …

Causes of higher climate sensitivity in CMIP6 models

MD Zelinka, TA Myers, DT McCoy… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Equilibrium climate sensitivity, the global surface temperature response to CO doubling, has
been persistently uncertain. Recent consensus places it likely within 1.5–4.5 K. Global …

The DOE E3SM coupled model version 1: Overview and evaluation at standard resolution

JC Golaz, PM Caldwell, LP Van Roekel… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This work documents the first version of the US Department of Energy (DOE) new Energy
Exascale Earth System Model (E3SMv1). We focus on the standard resolution of the fully …

High climate sensitivity in the Community Earth System Model version 2 (CESM2)

A Gettelman, C Hannay, JT Bacmeister… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) has an equilibrium climate
sensitivity (ECS) of 5.3 K. ECS is an emergent property of both climate feedbacks and …

Earth system modeling 2.0: A blueprint for models that learn from observations and targeted high‐resolution simulations

T Schneider, S Lan, A Stuart… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate projections continue to be marred by large uncertainties, which originate in
processes that need to be parameterized, such as clouds, convection, and ecosystems. But …

The art and science of climate model tuning

F Hourdin, T Mauritsen, A Gettelman… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The process of parameter estimation targeting a chosen set of observations is an essential
aspect of numerical modeling. This process is usually named tuning in the climate modeling …

Climate and carbon cycle changes from 1850 to 2100 in MPI‐ESM simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5

MA Giorgetta, J Jungclaus, CH Reick… - Journal of Advances …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The new Max‐Planck‐Institute Earth System Model (MPI‐ESM) is used in the Coupled
Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) in a series of climate change experiments …

Beyond equilibrium climate sensitivity

R Knutti, MAA Rugenstein, GC Hegerl - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
Equilibrium climate sensitivity characterizes the Earth's long-term global temperature
response to increased atmospheric CO2 concentration. It has reached almost iconic status …

The seasonal cycle of low stratiform clouds

SA Klein, DL Hartmann - Journal of Climate, 1993 - journals.ametsoc.org
The seasonal cycle of low stratiform clouds is studied using data from surface-based cloud
climatologies. The impact of low clouds on the radiation budget is illustrated by comparison …